Urban Design BAES 4136 Naziaty Mohd Yaacob

Questions What is a good city? How does it come to be?

Issues in the Urban Environment Physical Management Economic Political Sustainability Cultural Social Design

What is Lost Space? Inquiry with reference to Trancik’s “Finding Lost Space”. Malaysian Issues Discussion from the book on theories Summaries

Theories Figure-ground Theory: relationship between building mass and open space; analyse textures and patterns of urban fabric; and spatial order. Linkage Theory: Dynamics of circulation as generators of urban form; connection and movement. Place Theory: Importance of historic, cultural, and social values in urban open space; contextualists angle.

Figure Ground Theories

Linkages Theory

Place Theories